Although devoid of company, I decided that was no excuse not to ride (especially as I need to get some miles in!), and spent a really nice couple of hours out on Sunday morning.  The weather was pleasant enough – still only a one layer ride, just one with long sleeves this time.  The wind had dropped from earlier in the week, most of the world was still in bed, and it was pretty quiet out there.  I only had a couple of hours spare so couldn’t head too far afield.

I headed out on the back roads to Cheddar, ’round and down past Nyland Hill where I scared the farm chickens quite satisfactorily.  From there it was across at Cocklake, up Rug Hill, and off towards Mark.  I pretended to be doing the Tour of Britain as I briefly joined the route they’ll be taking at Blackford…though I’m guessing I was going considerably slower than they will be!  I detoured round the levels from there to Mark, and then took the road by the post office to the A38 and from there to Rooksbridge.  This then joined up with the last section of the forthcoming Cheddar Cyclosportive which I wanted to check out just to make sure I knew what was where and that I hadn’t forgotten anything too nasty hillwise – which I hadn’t.  Well – there are some ups and downs, and the nasty little bit by Banwell Castle…but the run down the main road back into Winscombe, 30mph into the wind, kinda made up for it 🙂

Cycling time: 1:49:20
Distance: 28.6 miles
Avs: 15.6 mph
ODO: 1778 miles

So, that was that.  Another enjoyable ride.  Being on my own I could concentrate a bit more on what I was doing, and having the mp3 player on helped relax and distract me a bit on the hills and corners – if that makes any sense!